Halter



? (No Model.) I I k D. O FROST.

' HALTER.

I No. 381,123,

Patnted Apia-1?, 18 88 N PETER$ PhuloLilbognphnr, Washington. ILC.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFF E-i v DANIEL c. FROST, or SPRINGFIELD,-MASSAGHUSETTS.

HALTER.

sPncIFIcA'r-mnrorming part of Letters Patentll'o. 381,123, dated April 17, 1888.

I Application filed August 11, 1887. Serial No. 246,655. (No model.) v

To all whom it may concern..- 1

Be it known that I, DANIEL O. Fnos'r, a citizen of the United States, residing at Springfield,

in' the county of Hampden and State of Massachusetts, have invented new and useful-Improvements in Halters, of which the following :is a specification.

This inventionirelates to haltersfor animals, the object being to provide a simplified con struction of articles of this class embodying improvements in means for connecting the various parts of the halterand in other detail parts thereof,all as hereinafter fully described,

' and pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings forming part of this specification, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a halter embodying my improvements. Figs. 2, 3, 4, and 5 are views of detail parts of the halter,.all of which are hereinafter fully described. H

'In the drawings, 3 is the head-strap, and 4 the nose-strap, of the halter; and 5'is the jaw strap or rope,the latterhavinga pending free end, 6, which constitutes the lead-strap.

To provide a common attachment on each side of the halter for the above-mentioned straps and rope 3, 4, and 5, the corner-iron 7 is provided, which consists of a ring, a, to receive the rope 5,the latter being the jaw-strap,

and two bars, 5 and a, to which, respectively,"

- latter being attached to the corner-iron 'pref- .erably by riveting, as shown, although they may be stitched, if desired. 'By reference to Fig. 3 it will be'seenthat the said bars b and c of the corner-iron are attached to the ring a by the border parts (2 and e and by the. cross:

' bar n, running from said ring to the junction of said two bars, I) and 0. of cast metal, either brass or iron, and all of the above-enumerated parts are integral with each other. By reference to Fig. 3, in which said corner-iron ismore clearly shown than in Fig. 1, it is seen that the border part d, which.

unites the ring a to the bar I), is shorter than the opposite border part, e. This difference I in length of said border parts is provided in Said corner-iron is' animal the said bars of the corner iron,to which order to bring the bars b and c to such relav v tive positions in the halter constructionfthat v when the halter is placed on the headv of the 1 the head and nose straps are attached,;w ill"ocl cupy positions substantially at right angles-to the directions in which said straps run,so'that the latter may be free to draw evenly upon said bars. I

In the improved construction herein shown a j'aw-strap, 5, and a leading-cord, 6, are pro vided from a single rope or strap, and the"'latter is connected to the aforesaid corner-irons of the halter as follows: In the first place, a

in Fig. 5,)ha'ving projecting toward .each other from its inner opposite sides two teeth or dogs,

'65 split metallic ring, 8, (shown in side elevationv w, is sprung open, placedon the cord 5, and

then forced together, driving said teeth into the latter, thereby rigidly securing said ring on said cord. Said ring having'bee-n secured l to th'ecor'd 5, as aforesaid, the end '0 of said cord is passed through one of the rings a of I the corner-iron, and thence through the ring a of the opposite corner-iron, as shown in Fig. 1, and said end 1; is then secured around the ring a and to the main part of the jaw-strap by winding or other suitable means,- as shown. I

By the above-described disposition of the end 0 of "the jaw-strap 5 the metallicring 8is brought to the outerside of'thecorner-iron on What is termed thejfnear side of the halter, or the ordinary leading side, and the leading end-6 of said; cordis then looped aroundthe part 5 thereof, about midway betweenfthe,

c0rner-ir0ns, forming a slip-.knot,as shown in Fig. 1, which knot is free to slip 'toward'and from the corner-iron of the halt-er adjacent to said ring 8, the latter meanwhile preventing any variation, at least permanently, in the said ring,8. Nor can the, jaw-strap 5 be so tightened around the nose and jaw of the anii fmalby pulling on the leading end of the cord 6 asto cause pain to the animaLbecauseof thefunction ofsaid ring 8, which always governs or controls the length of the jaw strap.

Fig. 4 is a perspective view on a larger scale 5 than is shown in Fig. 1 of a .portion of the corner-iron 7 of the jaw-strap and leading-cord 5 and 6, and the ring 8 on the latter, showing clearly the relation of the latter to said corneriron.

The throat-latch and front strap, 9, is secured to the head-strap 3 as below described, and consists of a single strap or cord having a hook and loop fastening thereon, 10, or any other suitable means for uniting and securing the ends of said throat-latch under the throat of the animal.

Fig. 2 is a perspective View, somewhat enlarged, of a portion of the head-strap 3, a doubly-perforated metallic clip, 12, and a portion of {said throat latch 9 shown passing through the perforated ends of said clip. Said clip 12 is constructed, preferably, from sheet metal of suitable thickness, of strap form with circular ends, each of the latter being perforated to allow the throat-latch to be passed therethrough in such way that a portion of the latter is clamped more or less between each of the ends ofsaid clip 12 and the adjoining side of the head-strap, whereby sufficient frictional resistance is provided to prevent the throatlatch from being easily drawn through said clip when once adjusted to place; but by slightly bending the edges of the head-strap away from the adjoining side of the clip the throat-latch may be drawn through the latter to adjust it to such position relative to the headstrap as may be desired. One of said clips 12 is secured on the headstrap on opposite sides of the halter by riveting or other suitable means, as shown in Fig. 1.

In order to utilize the above-described improved jaw-strap and leading-strap in con nection with halters, it is not essential that it be connected only with the corner-irons 7; but it may be used with ordinary corner-rings, care being taken that in such cases the ring 8 be larger than the corner-ring adjoining it.

What I claim as my invention is 1. A halter consisting of suitable head and nosestraps, as described, combined with two corner-irons, 7, having the rings a and bars thereon, to which the ends of said straps are secured, combined with a single cord constituting the jaw-strap 5 and the leading-strap 6, said cord having one end secured to one of said cornerirons and its opposite end passing through the ring a of the other and loosely knotted on the jaw-strap, and the ring 8, fixed on said cord outside one of the corner-irons, substantially as set forth.

2. In combination, the, cheek -strap 3, the clips 12, having a perforation through each end thereof and secured on said strap, and the throat-latch passing through the perforated ends of' said clips and between said ends and the adjoining side of the cheek-strap, substantially as set forth.

3. In a halter, a combined jaw-strap and leading-line fora halter, consisting of thecom- 'bination, with the corner-rings of a halter, of

a cord having one end secured to one of said rings and its opposite end passing through the second corner-ring and loosely knotted on the jaw-strap, and the ring 8, fixed on said cord outside one of said corner-rings, substantially as set forth.

DANIEL O. FROST.

Witnesses:

G. M. CHAMBERLAIN,

H. A. OHAPIN. 

